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EAHN Newsletter September 2010
The European Architectural History Network (EAHN) announces the publication of the September 2010 issue of its quarterly newsletter, available in both PDF and HTML versions. For a high resolution PDF version, please go to: http://www.eahn.org/newsletters/Newsletter_310_highres.pdf (36.6 MB) For a low resolution PDF version, please go to: http://www.eahn.org/newsletters/Newsletter_310_lowres.pdf (2.5 MB) In addition, this issue features a …
ConfRep: Diaspora as a Resource: Comparative Studies in Strategies, Networks and Urban Space (German)
Institut für Ethnologie, Universität Hamburg 04.06.2010-06.06.2010, Hamburg Bericht von: Ramona Lenz, Zentrum für Mittelmeerstudien, Ruhr-Universität Bochum E-Mail: Es war die dritte Konferenz in zehn Jahren zum Thema Diaspora, die das Institut für Ethnologie der Universität Hamburg vom 4. bis 6. Juni 2010 im Warburg Haus ausrichtete. In ihrer Einführung zur diesjährigen Konferenz unter dem Titel …
30th Newsletter of the Georg-Simmel-Center for Metropolitan Studies (Berlin) 06.09.2010
The K-factor of cities: Recent events (e.g. mass panic in Duisburg) beg the question as to what degree do city administrations actually have the ability, authority, jurisdiction and general wherewithal to govern and execute change and if so how should we try to understand it. (We may refer to this as the K-factor, from the …
Tagber: KartenWissen: Territoriale Räume zwischen Bild und Diagramm
Stephan Günzel / Lars Nowak, Historisch-Kulturwissenschaftliches Forschungszentrum Trier 30.06.2010-02.07.2010, Trier Bericht von: Hedwig Wagner, Zentrum für Medien und Interaktivität, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, E-Mail: Die Trierer Tagung war von der Konzeption getragen auf der Grundlage von Analysen historischer und aktueller See-, Himmels-, Land- und Stadtkarten die Kartographiegeschichte , die Raum in historischer Hinsicht thematisiert, mit Kulturwissenschaft zu …
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ConfReport: Metropolenkultur im Transfer. Orte – Inszenierungen – Netzwerke 1880-1930 (German)
Institut für vergleichende Städtegeschichte, Universität Münster; Kuratorium für vergleichende Städtegeschichte e.V.; Arbeitsbereich Zeitgeschichte, Freie Universität Berlin 15.03.2010-16.03.2010, Münster Bericht von: Johanna Niedbalski / Anna Littmann, Berlin E-Mail: <j.niedbalski@fu-berlin.de>; <annalittmann@gmx.net> Im Titel des diesjährigen Frühjahrskolloquiums des Instituts für vergleichende Städtegeschichte in Münster verbanden sich zwei große Begriffe, die ein viel versprechendes Forschungsfeld abstecken: die Metropolen und …
Blog: PopupCity
popupcity.net The Pop-Up City is a project in which we will explore new concepts, strategies and methods for a dynamic and flexible interpretation of contemporary urban life. More than ever societies are strongly linked to global developments that have a substantial influence on the local scale. Changes take place continuously with more and more acceleration. …
MEDIA: streetfilms.org Documenting Livable Streets Worldwide
www.streetfilms.org About Streetfilms Streetfilms produces short films that show how smart transportation design and policy can result in better places to live, work and play. We package complicated and wonky concepts into easy to understand and accessible videos which are freely available online. Our nearly 350 videos have been viewed over 3.5 million times and …
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GUEST LECTURE “Remaking Social Housing in Glasgow”, Prof. Ken Gibb, Amsterdam, 30.05.2011
http://www.urbanstudies.uva.nl/urbanstudies Remaking Social Housing in Glasgow Monday, 30th May 2011, 16.00- 17.30 hrs. Oost Indisch Huis – Room: E0.02 (VOC-zaal) It is nearly 10 years since Scotland’s largest city embarked on a revolution in its social housing, transferring more than 80,000 council homes to the Glasgow Housing Association (GHA) who then embarked on a massive …
Research Center: SpaceLab Delft
SpaceLab TU Delft Spacelab is a research and teaching laboratory set up to investigate the city as a spatial framework of living urban societies, economies and cultures, and as the transforming landscape of a transforming everyday life. We are interested in ideas of the space, dynamism and change of the city and try to develop …